The Federal Communications Commission has upheld a proposed $25,000 fine against a Florida low-power FM which it said not only failed to comply with LPFM technical rules and did not have working Emergency Alert System equipment but when field agents came to inspect the station, they were refused immediate entry into the building. Jupiter Community Radio did not deny the allegations brought against WJUP-LP Jupiter, FL. But in an effort to get the fine reduced, it disputed how the forfeiture was calculated.
The Media Bureau issued the fine against WJUP-LP based on what it says was monitoring that field agents did of the station in February 2020. They determined the station was operating with both a transmitter power output and an effective radiated power…
